City Planning Urban Development category: 1330 books
Liveability in Singapore
Social and Behavioural Issues
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Cities and countries around the world are focused on enhancing their living conditions through ways that go beyond the brick and mortar of urban planning. Just like in other highly-urbanised cities, life and living in Singapore is highly dependent on many other dimensions such as health, access to...
Development Derailed
Calgary and the CPR , 1962–64
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
In June of 1962, the Canadian Pacific Railway announced a proposal to redevelop part of its reserved land in the heart of downtown Calgary. In an effort to bolster its waning revenues and to redefine its urban presence, the CPR proposed a multimillion dollar development project that included retail,...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Windows Upon Planning History delves into a wide range of perspectives on urbanism from Europe, Australia and the USA to investigate the effects of changing perceptions and different ways of seeing cities and urban regions. Fischer, Altrock and a team of 13 distinguished authors examine how and why...
Mobility and Environment
Humanists versus Engineers in Urban Policy and Professional Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Mobility and Environment calls for a mobility revolution which does not simply mean taking a bus instead of a car: it implies a dramatic shift in the political debate from a technical to a political culture. The author introduces his book by disputing “non-political” Sustainable Development policies...
Regional Development in Rural Areas
Analytical Tools and Public Policies
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2016
This book intends to provide analytical and policy tools for investigating the question of the development of rural and peri-urban areas. The aim is to shed some light on this topic and in particular to contribute to a better understanding of the link between issues of regional or territorial development...
City Politics
The Political Economy of Urban America
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Praised for the clarity of its writing, careful research, and distinctive theme – that urban politics in the United States has evolved as a dynamic interaction between governmental power, private actors, and a politics of identity – City Politics remains a classic study of urban politics. Its...
State of the World's Cities 2012/2013
Prosperity of Cities
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
The city is the home of prosperity. It is the place where human beings find satisfaction of basic needs and access to essential public goods. The city is also where ambitions, aspirations and other material and immaterial aspects of life are realized, providing contentment and happiness. It is a locus...
Philippines: Urban Sector Assessment, Strategy, and Road Map
Urban Sector Assessment, Strategy, and Road Map
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
This publication documents the current assessment and strategic investment priorities of the Government of the Philippines and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the country's urban sector. It highlights sector performance, priority development constraints, government plans and strategies, past ADB...
Access to Justice for the Urban Poor
Toward Inclusive Cities
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
This publication suggests solutions that can be built into the design of urban development projects undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to address the common problems and grievances of the urban poor, and to improve urban governance overall. It also identifies successful or promising community-based...
Urban Regeneration
A Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 1999
`It [Urban Regeneration] Should make life somewhat easier for practitioners and will offer a further stimulus to the development of taught courses in the not-so-gentle art of regeneration' - Urban Studies Providing students and practitioners with a detailed overview of the key theoretical...
Regional Economic Development
Analysis and Planning Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Regional economic development has attracted the interest of economists, geographers, planners and regional scientists for a long time. And, of course, it is a field that has developed a large practitioner cohort in government and business agencies from the national down to the state and local levels....
Sustainable Development for Central and Eastern Europe
Spatial Development in the European Context
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Central and Eastern European Countries are undergoing a difficult transition process with consequences for spatial development. Europe needs a more bal anced, polycentric system of cities, a new urban-rural relationship, parity of ac cess to infrastructure and knowledge as well as prudent management...
by Manuel Guardia
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
The relationship between culture and urbanism has been the focus of much discussion and debate in recent years. While globalisation tends towards a homogeneity, successful 'global cities' have a strong individual - and particularly cultural - identity. The economic value of the culture of cities lies...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Over the past 30 years, rapid urbanization and economic growth have transformed the cities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). But this unprecedented urbanization has highlighted challenges that demand significant changes to basic urban management and planning policies. This report is based on...